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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 06, 2020 SAM #6643
SOURCES SOUGHT

59 -- SINCGARS Spares LOT Buy

Notice Date

2/4/2020 11:48:20 AM
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

334220 — Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

DLA LAND AT ABERDEEN ABER PROV GRD MD 21005 USA
 

ZIP Code

21005
 

Solicitation Number

SINCGARS
 

Response Due

2/19/2020 12:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

03/05/2020
 

Point of Contact

Stanley Chan, Bradley Holtzapple
 

E-Mail Address

Stanley.u.chan.civ@mail.mil, Bradley.Holtzapple@dla.mil
(Stanley.u.chan.civ@mail.mil, Bradley.Holtzapple@dla.mil)
 

Description

This is a market survey to identify whether there are any sources of supply (manufacturers or suppliers) other than L3Harris Technologies, Inc., the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) Radio Systems, have capability to supply ALL of the SINCGARS spare parts listed on the Attached Market Survey Notice.� SINCGARS is a family of Very High Frequency-Frequency Modulation (VHF-FM) combat net radios designed to provide the primary means of command and control for combat, combat support, and combat service support units. To enhance the survivability of the communications system, SINCGARS provides a resistance to jamming via Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM) capability using single channel offset or frequency hopping. �The SINCGARS family of radios has the capability to transmit and receive voice and digital data, and is consistent with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Interoperability requirements. SINCGARS is the primary soldier-to-soldier communications system and is one of the five major communications / data elements that provide seamless digital communications to the Army end user. The Government intends to issue a solicitation on a sole source basis to the OEM for the Life of Time (LOT) buy of the SINCGARS spare parts due to the obsolescence issues and the incomplete Technical Data Packages for the SINCGARS the Government possesses.� The SINCGARS radio system is a legacy product that has been experiencing major obsolescence setbacks.� L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is the only known source of supply that possesses sufficient quantities of the obsolete materials for manufacturing of these spare parts and supporting the LOT buy effort.� The Government has no intention to conduct the redesign efforts of these SINCGARS spare parts that are experiencing obsolescence issue because of the age of the radio and the significant cost for the redesign efforts. As stated above, the Government possesses the incomplete Technical Data Packages for the SINCGARS because some of the technical data for the SINCGARS are unavailable from the Government.� Most of unavailable technical data are the Hex Code programming software files, which are used to program the microcircuits prior to installing them into the Circuit Card Assemblies and/or program the microcircuits in Circuit Card Assemblies level after they are installed into the Circuit Card Assemblies, and the Truth Table Pattern files, which are used to verify the functionality of a Custom Large Scale Integrated Circuit (CLSI).
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/cd8c793ee0d940acb39a2c2cb9037452/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, USA

Zip Code: 21005

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05552163-F 20200206/200204230141 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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